A fast and reliable recovery system is essential in survivability design of Wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) mesh networks. The Pre-configuration cycle design benefits both the fast recovery time and the efficient resource utilization. In this paper, a novel algorithm of finding cycles is presented, called the Fast Cycles Mining Algorithm (FCMA), for efficient p-cycle network design in WDM networks. The algorithm is also flexible because the number and the length of cycles generated are controlled by several input parameters. This algorithm is scalable and especially suitable for survivable WDM mesh networks. Finally, the performance of the algorithm is gauged by running on some real world network topologies.